Polytetrafluoroethylene-Covered Stent Grafts for TIPS Procedure: 1-Year Patency and Clinical Results

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 280-285

  Angeloni, Stefania ^a   Merli, Manuela ^a   Salvatori, Filippo Maria ^a   De Santis, Adriano ^a   Fanelli, Fabrizio ^a   Pepino, Daniela ^a   Attili, Adolfo Francesco ^a   Rossi, Plinio ^a   Riggio, Oliviero ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT INJURY; BILE LEAKAGE; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; STENT; SURVIVAL;

AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1442301513     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.04056.x     Document Type: Article

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